Chapter 377 – Kamyu ‘The Challenger’ (~End of Part 1)

Episode 377 Kamyu ‘The Challenger’ (~ End of Part 1)

The moment you get out of the single hearted wine, a terrible warning sound rings in your ears.

Why! Why! Why! Why! Why! Why!

[System warning. System warning.]

[The NPC has been connected to the player’s mind without permission.]

Jigsaw Jigsaw!

[Mutual memories are shared between the NPC and the player.]

What?!

Support position… !

And before I knew it, I was standing in an unheard of stone city.

“Where are you?”

An endlessly tall building.
A briskly running cast iron cart.
Doubles for the first time in my life.
Everyone was in a world where they walked while staring at a piece of iron the size of their palm.
On the wall of the building, a picture of someone reading was drawn using fantasy magic.

[Next news.
This time, the Seoul Office of Education is talking about the selection of subjects for the CSAT…]

“What is this place?”

One winter, I was standing in the middle of a stone city I had never seen before.
A world that is both unfamiliar and familiar.
A strange feeling of deja vu.

Charrrr… !!

“Turn it off!!!
What, what is this… !
My head hurts!”

A flood of information.
A flood of new knowledge.
Unseen, unfamiliar knowledge flows into my head.
What is it?
Concrete, guns, self-propelled guns, airplanes, cars…

[Warning. Warning, warning. Warning.]

[The intruder is hacking and obtaining unauthorized information from another dimension!]

[Admin tracks intruders!]

“Aaaaa… !”

Helicopters, penicillin, tires, missiles, tanks, radiation, nuclear…

My head, my head feels like it’s going to explode… !!

Support position… !

Leap of memory.
The scene changes.

Awesome!!

“Uh, what’s wrong with that truck?”

“Aww?!
Whoa, it might be a big deal…”

Squeaky!!

Huh?
The truck that was about to crash into the wall changes direction towards a young man.
Wait, how do I know the word ‘truck’?

“Aww!”

Second avoidance.
This time, the young man exquisitely dodged and ran in the opposite direction.

Awesome!!
Boaaaaang!!!

However, surprisingly, the truck turns and accelerates toward the young man once more.
What is that
Is it a bullfight?

And,

Quaang!!

Dead.

“Player Kim Chul-soo.”

What?
No, he’s a familiar face?

“Player Kim Chul-soo.”

“Uh? Me?”

A place that looks like a Greek temple.
Standing inside the grand stone building, he gave a stupid answer.

Huh?
Greece?
How do I know the name of this country?

A pretty woman in a white dress standing in front of her speaks.

“I summoned you as the 27th ‘hero’ from another world, RSG-194.”

Warrior?
27th?
As far as I know, the number of heroes summoned by humans is much smaller.
And this world?
ㄱRSG-194?

Could this be… !!

It was then.
A huge warning bell started ringing in my head.

Pajijijik!!!

[System Warning! System Alert! System Alert! System Warning!!]

[You have access to information you are prohibited from contacting other than the player!]

[The system administrator is watching you.]

[The system administrator will penalize you appropriately.]

[Penalties will be given to intruders and NPC Kamyu in the future.]

[Your system administrator warns you.
At the same time, I am very interested!]

What?
Manager?

[There is no right to access information, so you will be forced out!]

Paji Jiji—! Pew-!

I was kicked out of the connection.

***

“Keuuuuu!!”

“Quaaaaagh!!”

When I came to my senses, Alberic and I were rolling on the floor holding our heads apart from each other.
Fortunately, I woke up before Alberic.
Alright, now we can hit that guy first!

Turn up!

I barely got up, but Alberic touched the Angelic Alliance that was away.

Wiggle!

Alberic barely moved his hand to grab the artifact.

“Keep it off… Fuhaaaaa!!
Heo-eok, hee-eok, hee-eoeok!”

This! Come to your senses!
The artifact’s mental barrier reinforcement effect broke the spell!
Now that this has happened, we have no choice but to achieve our original goal!
Escape!

“Ran, shift!
Take this baby!
Stella, take care of Adolf!”

“Leave it to me!”

Shush! Shush!

The pink-haired queen wearing Valkyrie armor touched Adolph, who had fallen after the sealed sword of light was released.
Take it over the dimensional door and drop it.
Adolf disappears through a dimensional door on the floor.

Aaaaa!!!

“Catch the Horners!!”

“Hit!!”

They come in droves.

“Global mental suppression!”

Coo-kung-!

“Ran, this way!”

Dada dot!

Alternating with the column.
It grabbed the spirits of the rushing knights and soldiers and threw them to the ground.

“Turn it off…”

My mouth is torn apart and it seems to have doubled in size.
The shoes were loose, and the sleeves were long.
No, my limbs have shrunk.
Covering an extremely wide range, the consumption of mana is no joke.

Dada dot!

The beastman commandos rush to retreat.
Covered them and beckoned them to enter.

“Inspiration!”

“You guys, get in quickly!”

“Don’t lie!
The last time we tried to go in last time, but we couldn’t get in, so we came in!”

“Okay, go in, quickly!”

“Stand by the portal!
We go first!”

Shuuk, Shuuk, Shuuk!

Beastman commandos carry the injured and fall one by one.
Almost all in!
All that’s left are Ran, me, Nene, and Stella.

“Stella, go in!”

“No! You dumbass!
We have to go together!
I’m afraid you’ll buy it again!
Wow?!
What’s wrong with your mouth?!?!”

“Ran!
Cut it off and come here!
Hurry!”

Chukak! Jjoong! Fain! Phew! Cuckoo!

Ran and Alberic are fighting worth seeing.
Both of them are clashing with dozens of swords.
Alberic is still holding his head in one hand and is in agony, so he can’t fully demonstrate his power.
However, Ran is not an opponent that can be defeated alone.
He swallowed the 5th level magic from Russo, but even with that buff, it was difficult to deal with Alberic, who had cornered 3 corps commanders.
No matter how much you suffer from the aftereffects of single-mindedness.

Softly… !
Whoops—!

Ran pushes back once with a great technique, and suddenly jumps back.

“Here!”

Dada dot!

“Come in together!”

The moment Ran and I jump into the portal,

Wow!

Alberic appeared too quickly.
Overlapping Buff & Forward Blink.
This is dangerous… !

“Honey!”

Shush!

Stella teleports with me.
Movement over very short distances.
At this rate, Alberic will jump into the portal together!

Flash!

It’s a mistake.
Even though Alberic is suffering from the aftereffects of the curse, to think that he could use Blink continuously like this… !
Stella has already jumped into the portal with me, and I’m still outside the portal.
Alberic in front of me.

It seems the whole world has slowed down.
Slowly, slowly, the Angelic Alliance came into my eyes.
A knife through my throat!
Can’t avoid… !

Turn up! Wow!

Someone’s wings wrapped around me.

Pooh!!

“Cheet!”

“Ugh!”

“Neneeeee!!!”

A transparent shield damaged by fierce battles.
The Valkyrie armor, which had reached its limit, had no durability to block the ultimate combination artifact, and the translucent holy sword pierced Nene’s chest… !!

“Instantaneous shield!”

Tuong!

“Keugh!”

Alberic bounces off my shield,

Suwook!

With Stella holding me, I held onto Nene and entered the portal.

“Close the door!”

Jiying- Tak.

A dimensional door that closes on the edge.

“Aaaaa!!!
Neneeeee!!!”

“Cool, cool!”

“Oh my god… !!
Yes sir!!”

“Laaaaan!!
Come on!
I need treatment!!”

“Damn it, how do I get out of here?!”

I earnestly call for the combat priest, but I can’t move freely inside the dimension door.
Like a boat swept away by a torrent, it only moves according to the flow of the dimension.

“Damn!
Emergency recovery!”

“Nene, my God!
What should I do!”

“Cool, cool, cool!”

Bleeding too much
The knife… It went right through the back.
Nene holding me in my arms and spurting blood.
The white leotard of the Valkyrie armor is stained red with blood.
There is too much blood flowing through the holy sword stuck in my chest!
Damn, medics must be waiting beyond the portal!!
Hemostasis is the only emergency recovery magic!
What should I do… !

“It’s Camus…
My dear brother…
You were always proud.”

“Yeah, don’t tell me.
Are you okay.
Everything will be alright.”

“Cool, your mouth…”

“Are you okay.
I can go and treat myself.
Do not say.
Save your energy!”

In the flow of the dimension, Nene held me in my arms and quietly held my cheek.
A hand that gets cold little by little.

“It’s Camus.
Cool, it’s shameless again, but it was nice to be your lover and your wife.”

“So do i. I like being your husband.
So don’t fall asleep!”

“Lastly, cool, I want to sing.
Babe…
I like you so much…”

“Know.
Do not say.
Because I know everything… Hehe, I know even if you don’t say anything.
What’s the last
Are you okay… Everything will be fine…”

“Hehe, that’s right…
Yeah, my darling, how did you, cool, hurt your mouth like that?
Haa, it hurts my heart, Coke, did you overdo it again…”

The front of my eyes keeps getting blurry.
An angel whose lips are gradually drying up.
As if it was raining inside the dimensional passage, water droplets dripped down your face.
The scenery outside passes by in the dark background of the deep sea,

“Honey! Arrive soon!”

At the same time as Stella’s cry, the exit of the bright dimensional passage appeared.

Wow!
Fluff.

I hugged Nene and landed on the mat.

“Medical staff, medical staff!”

“Kyaaaaa!!
Yes sir!!
Bring all the medicine!”

Marie, who was taking care of the wounded soldier with a scarf on her head and an apron.
She came running screaming.

“Kuluk, kuk, I’m fine…
Because my body knows me… First of all, Kolok, take care of us…”

“No, yes, please don’t give up!
You can’t say you’re weak!!”

“Nene, I’ll stop the bleeding first.
Even if it’s hard, you can’t unlock the Valkyrie Armor!
Because the self-healing option is also weakly attached!
Camus-sama, how long has it been since you were penetrated?!”

Marie and the medical team frantically sprinkle powdered medicine and pray for recovery.
Sweat dripped from Marie’s forehead, and Nene held my hand tightly.
Her eyes preparing for the end.
The eyes of someone who loves me, protecting me and leaving me.
The pity of those who leave me behind.
Like the last of a stupid orange-haired nun who left me someday.
It was the kind of look that tore my heart apart.

“It’s Camus…”

“Don’t talk, be patient!”

“Collock, you were like paint to me…
Thanks to meeting you, ha, my achromatic world is full of color…”

“Yes yes, please, please don’t say it like it’s the last time!”

His blood-stained mouth, torn with a knife, shakes.
Her gentle hands caressing my cheeks and my hair.

“I’m glad I kept my promise…”

[Promise. You will live longer than me.]

“No, don’t do that, don’t leave me…”

It was then.

Sarah Larak…

Like dispersing fog, the Angelic Alliance embedded in Nene’s chest disappears.

“Number of animals! The knife is gone!
It’s a summons!!”

“This! Medical staff!!
Bring all the bandages and hemostatic agents!!
The wound is too big!!”

The knife disappears, leaving a gaping hole in her chest and her blood gushing like a hot spring.

Oh oh oh!!

Marie, with all her might, catches Nene as she tries to leave.

“Benefits of the sun!
Farewell delay!”

Faaaaa!!

The golden light from Mari’s hand somehow heals Nene’s wounds.
Nene looks at Marie who is sweating hard.

“Cough, Cough, Miss Marie…
Take good care of our Camus…
Because I am a lonely child… Never leave me alone…”

“Don’t talk like that.
Hey, sure, you can do it yourself… !”

Marie shows off a miracle of regeneration with all her might by biting her teeth.
Even if the destroyed cells and tissues are restored like tentacle monsters, it is too late to fill this large hole and to prevent excessive bleeding.
Even if it’s Marie, too much blood has already been shed within the dimensional passage.
Even now, there is a hole in my chest that my forearm can easily pass through.
… Time is running out now.
Like Rebekah, I had to prepare for an unexpected farewell.

“No.
I can’t send it like this again.
I don’t want to leave my loved ones helpless.
I don’t want to see anyone else die trying to save me.
Please, ah, black sun, white sun or moon goddess or whatever, please, please Nene, uhhh, please… If you saved me… !”

“It’s Camus.
Cool, meeting you was the greatest blessing from the moon goddess…”

“Me too… I, keuhuk, I want you… I really really love you…”

She seems to have no strength anymore, and she answers with only the shape of her mouth.

‘Me too.’

She squeezed the last of her strength and showed her happy face.
With that crescent moon-like eye smile that always made my heart race…
She is so… She smiled so brightly.

“Hi… My love…”

Took.

Her hand falling off my cheek.

Tup!

Hold her hand

“No.
Don’t say hello
I am you… I will never let you go like this.”

Tring-.

Open the status window and search your message box.
Relying on God is only after I’ve done what I can.
The message I’m looking for is…

[NPC ‘Kamu Franz’. A preliminary candidate for the final boss’s guardian. Currently unregistered as a candidate.]

[Please register as a candidate officially, and fight for the position of ‘Guardian of the Final Boss’.]

This is it.

[Would you like to register as a candidate for ‘Guardian of the Final Boss’? (Y/N)]

The answer is Yes.

Tring-!

[[NPC ‘Kamu Franz’ has been registered as a candidate for ‘Final Boss Guardian’.]

What’s next!

Pajijijijik!!!

I knead my brain with my other hand.
It’s not self-hypnosis.
Mind control.
Hack my brain
Okay.
I’m now a candidate for ‘Guardian of the Final Boss’.
A necessary presence in the system.
Became a target of hacking!

Why! Why! Why! Why! Why! Why!!

[System warning. System alert. System warning.]

[You, as an intruder, are disrupting the order of the system.]

[The system administrator is preparing a sanction for you.]

[Stop the invasion.
Penalties may be added for further invasions.]

“Doesn’t care.
Let me meet the manager
Let’s negotiate.”

[…]

“Save Nene.
I will move you to the position you want.
Whether it’s the guardian of the final boss or the mid-boss, I do as I’m told.
Take me
Save my woman instead.”

“Camyu?
Who are you talking to?”

Priests and nuns are busy pouring recovery miracles into Nene’s body, but Marie blankly watches my words to herself.
Clarification is later.
Because now you are first

[Your request has been received by the system administrator.]

[… Loading…]

Tring-!

[The system administrator responds to your request!]

Come.

[NPC Kamu’s karma level is abnormally high!]

[The NPC is out of its designated role and is clearing the scenario without permission!]

[Related achievements: Kill the 2nd level boss ‘Nubacane’, kill the 3rd level boss’s guardian ‘Lieutenant General Dismas’, kill the 3rd level boss ‘High Priest Phillip’.]

[The NPC’s achievements are exceeding the player’s!]

[NPC Kamu’s current rank ‘Master’.]

[The system administrator calculates the causal rate for the request.
Loading… One%… 10%… 30%… 50%… 70%… 80%… 99%… 100%.
Causal rate calculation completed.]

Come.
Please, please agree!

I hugged Nene, who was slowly cooling down in my arms.
Right before the last remaining spark of life was extinguished, the answer came.

[The system administrator offers you the position of ‘Player 2’ in return for accepting your request.
Do you accept? (Y/N)]

Player 2?
What is that?
It doesn’t matter.
I’ll accept it as long as I can save Nene!
The answer is Yes!

Click.

Tiriling-!!!

[As a result of the causal adjustment, NPC ‘Kamu Franz’ is registered as ‘Player 2’.]

[The existing ‘Final Boss Guardian’ candidate position will be automatically canceled.]

[The system administrator adjusts the causal rate.
Loading… One%… 10%… 30%… 50%… 70%… 80%… 99%… 100%.
Causal rate adjustment completed.]

[NPC Nene Boulanger’s HP is temporarily fixed at 1.]

[NPC Nene Blanche falls into a state of suspended animation.]

[As a result of the causal rate adjustment, the rank is raised by referring to the karma value and achievements of player 2 ‘Kamu Franz’.]

[Current rank ‘Master’ = 〉 Rank ‘Challenger’ after adjustment]

I feel dizzy at the constantly floating status window.
Obviously I’m seriously tired too.

[This news will be delivered to Alberic ‘Cheol-Soo Kim’ Amitie, an existing player.]

What?
Are you telling the child?

[Player Alberic does not understand this situation.]

[The system administrator notifies you of the modification of the scenario.
(Reason: emergence of new possibilities that were not in the existing system, extremely high karma values, degree of involvement in scenarios, etc.)]

A manifestation of possibility?
Any possibility?
Is your karma level high?
Come to think of it, I used Karma values ​​even when I used fusion special moves!
Alberic said that karma levels increase when you go against your destiny.
If that’s true… Does that mean that all of my actions so far have been against fate?
Was there really such a thing as destiny?

[Player Alberic’s status is forcibly changed to ‘Player 1’!]

[Player 1, Player 2, and the level growth restrictions of each player’s heroines are lifted!]

[Considering the balance of power and fairness, a penalty is imposed on Player 2!]

[As a penalty, the hidden boss, the ancient dragon Crimson Hellkite, is hostile to player 2.]

[As a penalty, Player 1 is given the ability to summon weapons from the original world using Karma values!]

[As a penalty, Player 1 will be granted contracts for 4 of the currently non-summoned Guardian Dragons of Amitie!]

Tring-!

[Player 1, Alberic protests against this situation!]

T-ring!

[The system administrator dismisses the complaint.]

Tiriling—!

[Here Comes A New Challenger!]

Large letters I had never seen before appeared in front of me.
The letters filled the field of vision, just as the banners of a gigantic army fill the horizon.

[Ready Player Two!]